Populism
Populist Party
3. Well-Defined Voting Blocs Democratic Bloc Republican Bloc White southerners (preservation of white supremacy) Catholics Recent immigrants (esp. Jews)
The Silver Issue Crime of 73 demonetization of silver (govt. stopped coining silver). Bland-Allison Act (1878) limited silver coinage to $2-$4 mil.
1. A Two-Party Stalemate Two-Party Balance 3. Well-Defined Voting Blocs Democratic Bloc Republican Bloc White southerners (preservation of white supremacy)
The Wizard of Oz A Parable on Populism. L. Frank Baum Born in 1856 to a wealthy family in Pennsylvania.Born in 1856 to a wealthy family in Pennsylvania.
Populism. Setting the Scene American farmers struggled against two forces: nature and the economy. Post-Civil War: farmers in debt. Borrowing heavily.
The Gilded Age The Gilded Age also known as the Golden Age But was it really Golden??? What would cause it to NOT be Golden? Corruption… political scandal…
Gilded Age Politics Hayes to Cleveland Issues and Debates Alliance and Peoples Party.
Topic 2. Part 3. Post-Civil War Financial Panics: The Panic of 1893.
Chapter 20 Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age 1877-1900.
A People and a Nation Chapter 20 Guilded Age Politics 1877-1900
